He's
Do-wrong Ron who does the wrong things at the wrong time or the right
things at
the wrong time or the wrong things at the right times... until he finds
Charlie
the guinea pig who looks like an oversized rat and they meet Isabelle
who is
waiting for something, anything, to happen...And
when Ron plans a musical welcome for Isabelle's nana, anything just
might
happen.

Poet
Steven Herrick tells a funny, touching story about a do-wrong boy whose
heart is
in the right place.

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you have read this verse novel and would like to share your opinion of
it with
other readers please send your review or comments to YARR-A

Do-Wrong Ron by Steven
Herrick is a charming story about a boy who doesn’t fit in. Ron always
does
the wrong things at the wrong and right times. The story is narrated by
Ron who
becomes friends with a lost guinea pig and the girl next door.The story is told through their eyes as well.

Initially,
Ron has no friends. His unpopularity is shown in incidents such as when
he is
playing soccer, and unfortunately, kicks the ball into the other team’s
goal.
He even has to partner his teacher to the school dance as no one else
will go
with him. No one understands him until Isabelle visits her Nana who
lives next
door. Ron’s kind heart prompts him to plan a way to cheer up Isabelle’s
Nana. However, everything in Ron’s life is a problem, and this is no
exception.

The
story will appeal to younger readers because it’s easy to read and the
situations described are very funny. The whimsical illustrations by
Caroline
Magerl complement the text. They are simple black and white line
drawings
showing clearly the moods of the characters. For
example, on page 53, the exuberance of Ron singing and dancing in his
undies is
captured.

I
thoroughly recommend this story for its likeable characters, happy and
humorous
plot.

Kate,
age 13, Canberra, Australia

Do-Wrong Ron is written by Steven
Herrick. Ron is a normal boy who doesn’t fit in and has no friends. He
does everything wrong like he will do something good at a bad time or
something bad at a good time. One day when Ron is doing everything
wrong he finds a guinea pig in the vegetable patch in his backyard and
decides to keep it, so he makes a room for him in his cubby house. The
next day Ron sees some removalists going to the next doors house and
Ron knows someone’s moving in but who? Ron goes over to meet his new
neighbours and there is a girl about his age named Isabelle. He walks
over to Isabelle and starts talking to her. Later that day Ron invites
Isabelle over for dinner and they realise they have a lot in common.

The book has lots
of detail in so little words. The storyline is good; it doesn’t skip
parts and doesn’t start talking about something not related to the
book. The genre of this book is friendship because of Ron becoming
friends with Isabelle. This book is mostly targeted at younger readers
like 10 to 12 year olds. The words were very descriptive so I could
make pictures in my head with what is going on in the book. I would
give the story an overall rating of 8/10.